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Re: N.Y. Philharmonic 1999-2000 Season
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Susan Juhl <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 08:59:38 -0700
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The world premiere of Weill's Street Scenes was announced as part of the NY
Phil's season.

Last night, Bravo presented a three hour opera titled Street Scene (written
in 1946).

Based on Elmer Rice's play, this opera by Kurt Weill combines jazz, blues,
spirituals, & jitterbug and lyrics by Harlem poet Langston Hughes to paint
a portrait of life in a New York City tenement.  (3:00) HDTV German
production 1995

It's dated.  I didn't find it very engrossing.  It does have the Ice Cream
Cone song, which praises ice cream.  That's a truth that still rings true...

Susan

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